AVID Made College Readiness System
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AVID is a college readiness program started in 1980 by Mary Catherine Swanson to develop study skills in students. It holds students to high standards and provides academic and social support. AVID is now considered an essential strategy for closing achievement gaps and making college accessible to all. The document discusses Danielle Quiñones-Ortega's background and role as a student programs coordinator. It emphasizes using social media to build connections, develop an online reputation, and create a professional identity and brand on LinkedIn.
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- 1. AVID Made Danielle Quiñones-Ortega, M.A. Student Programs Coordinator Office of Student Life, UC Santa Barbara danielle.quinones@sa.ucsb.edu
- 2. History • Mary Catherine Swanson began AVID in 1980 • A college readiness system designed to develop study skills. • Holds students accountable to the highest standards, provide academic and social support, and they will rise to the challenge. • Policymakers and school administrators now consider AVID an essential strategy for closing the achievement gap and making the college dream accessible to all students.
- 3. A Little About Me
- 4. Life-Long Learner 2007 2011 2013
- 6. What Do You Want To Do With That?
- 7. How Social Media Got Me Here
- 8. Social Media is all About Connecting • It’s all about the discussions prompted, building community, and building relationships with people you may never meet in person. • It’s NOT just about gossip, celebrities, and sales. • What platforms are you currently using?
- 9. Your Digital Reputation Carries Weight • Your online reputation is the perception, estimation and opinion that is formed when you are encountered online. • Your status update, post, tweet, pin, comment, etc. are providing content to your viewers (whether you are connected with them or not) that inform them of your character. • Once you build a strong digital reputation, you need to remain consistent.
- 10. LinkedIn | Identity. Network. Knowledge. • Creating your personal brand (identity) and digital reputation. • Connecting with professionals in your area and across the world. • Learning from your network and developing a professional publishing platform.
- 11. Identity • Photo • Headline • Summary • Experience • Education • Skills & Expertise • Recommendations • Vanity URL
- 12. Connect with Danielle • Learn more about me about.me/daniellequinones • Connect with me on LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/daniellequinonesortega/ • Friend me on Facebook www.facebook.com/daniellequinonesortega • Follow me @daniellequinone (Twitter, Instagram)
- 13. Discussion Danielle Quiñones-Ortega, M.A. Student Programs Coordinator Office of Student Life, UC Santa Barbara danielle.quinones@sa.ucsb.edu
Editor's Notes
- As an AVID student, I don’t think I ever really understood what AVID was or why I was in it. I find it important to understand why a program like this one was created for us and what we can do to make people like Mary Catherine Swanson proud. AVID is more than Cornell notes, although that is the most memorable. This program is designed to challenge you to do better than your best and its rewards are endless.
- I am a Santa Maria native, my parents own a local store on Main St. called La Novia Fashions where my younger brother, sister and I worked along side them. I have left and actually came back! I started my AVID adventure over a decade ago in junior high at Tunnell School and continued this journey my freshman year at Santa Maria High, then Pioneer Valley High School with mostly the same AVID cohort and the same AVID teacher. I had a unique experience transitioning from SMHS to PVHS. I was a part of the first graduating class. Coming into the school with my cohort, we were sophomores (as you can see in this picture) the oldest class and we continued growing as the oldest class. I was involved in ASB, Future Leaders of America, the Tennis team, among other things.My AVID class was my family. They were the group of friends who I had in most of my classes and had the chance to end my day with them. AVID was more than Cornell notes. My AVID teacher and classmates really pushed me to do my best in my classwork and learn more about what would be next in our academic journey. The curriculum helped me learn how to study and that my education would not end with a High School Diploma.
- AVID has followed me from school to school. In 2011 I graduated with my BA in Chicana/o Studies, Education & Applied Psychology (no we didn’t learn or talk about tortiallas). I was terrified to leave home, no matter how close I was to home. I struggled my first year to learn how to apply my AVID training to the rigorous university-level work. After my first quarter, I was put on academic probation for not making the GPA requirement to continue. Other students in my situation, other Latinos, dropped with the intent of continuing at their local community college and return. Dropping out wasn’t something I saw as a solution. I understood that I would need to work even harder to get myself out of trouble. I was an EOP (Educational Outreach Program) student and scheduled counseling meetings to figure out what I needed to do to get myself out of probation and back on track toward graduating. What I learned may surprise you. When my dad was dropping me off at my new home away from home in San Miguel Residence Hall, he told me not to get involved in anything on campus (the way I was in high school) and not to get a job. “Don’t do anything to distract you from school”. What I didn’t realize at first was that getting involved on campus, in organizations or getting a job IS a part of the college experience. As soon as I joined a club and got a job, my grades got better! Don’t get me wrong, college is about the education (the academic piece) but it is also a lot about being social. Through mentorship in college, I learned that I never wanted to leave. I chose to continue my training and education to prepare me to work on a college campus. I left the 805 to continue my graduate studies at San Diego State University. I received my MA in Postsecondary Educational Leadership specializing in Student Affairs, the profession I currently work in. Today I work at UCSB, my alma mater, as the Student Programs Coordinator & Campus Organizations Advisor. I work with leadership development, first-year programs, and campus organizations. We have over 500 to choose from today. If it wasn’t for the skills I learned in AVID and the support of family and mentors, I wouldn’t be where I am today.
- Arriving to UCSB, I didn’t know what I really wanted to major in. I came in undeclared and began thinking I wanted to major in Communication or Sociology. The class that opened my eyes to my major was Chicano Studies 1A, a part of a 3 course series. Choosing a major doesn’t have much to do with what you want to do with your life long term. I chose to major in something that I was interested in and felt passionate about. I chose to submerge myself in a discipline that would challenge me… and oh did it challenge me. Undergraduate studies at UCSB felt more difficult than my graduate education at SDSU. I felt passionate about both disciplines, but felt that the faculty in Chicano Studies, who looked like me, challenged me to do better than my best to prove to others that I was worthy of being here.
- Involvement in NUFP helped me learn what I wanted to do regardless of my degree. Student affairs promotion was not too popular at the time. Talk a little more about what I do.
- Illicit responses of what forms of social media the students are on.
- Your online presence (or lack thereof) can impact your future. Some employers and admissions offices are using the internet to conduct background checks. Your Facebook pictures can and will be located (even under lock and key settings)!
- LinkedIn is an amazing tool meant to showcase your work and serve as a professional portfolio. I have used LinkedIn to explore and build the following three things. Identity, network, knowledge.
- I challenge you to get on LinkedIn and work on your Identity! Connect with me!